MediaTek Dimensity 1080
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 1080 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 2600 MHz (2600 MHz vs 2.6 GHz)
  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (6 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Newer Launch Date: May 2026 (October 2022 vs May 2026)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
October 2022
Launch Date
May 2026
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
-
MT6877V/TTZA
Model Name
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
4x 2.6 GHz - Kryo Performance; 4x 2.0 GHz - Kryo Efficiency
8
Cores
8
6 nm
Technology
4 nm
2600 MHz
Frequency
2.6 GHz

GPU Specifications

Mali-G68 MP4
GPU name
Qualcomm Adreno GPU
800 MHz
GPU frequency
-
0.686 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
4
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
OpenCL 2.0 FP
1.3
Vulkan version
Vulkan 1.3
2520 x 1080
Max display resolution
FHD+ at 144 Hz

Connectivity

Up to 2770 Mbps
Download speed
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LTE Cat. 18
4G support
5G/4G DSDA
Yes
5G support
Sub-6 GHz 5G; SA and NSA; TDD and FDD; TDD-FDD aggregation; DSS; 140 MHz bandwidth; downlink up to 2.8 Gbps; Release 17
5.2
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 6.0; LE Audio; Bluetooth Channel Sounding
6
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 7; 802.11be, 802.11ax, 802.11ac, 802.11a/b/g/n; up to 5.8 Gbps; up to 320 MHz channels
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC; dual-frequency GNSS L1 + L5

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LP-DDR4x, LP-DDR5
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
LP-DDR4x: 2100 MHz; LP-DDR5: 3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
-

Miscellaneous

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec; Qualcomm Aqstic smart speaker amplifier; Snapdragon Sound; Qualcomm XPAN
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
200 MP; 64 MP single camera with ZSL; 16 MP + 16 MP dual camera with ZSL
UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Storage type
UFS 3.1
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K HDR video capture at 30 FPS; 720p slow-motion video capture at 240 FPS; HEVC and H.264 video capture
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, HEVC, VP9, HLG
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
Hardware-accelerated H.265 and VP9 decoder; HLG HDR playback
4 W
TDP
-
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
64-bit
MediaTek APU 3.0
Neural processor (NPU)
-

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 1080
969
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
1180 +22%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 1080
2421
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
3501 +45%